ĐỀ MINH HỌA SỐ 40
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. faces
B. strikes
C. creates
D. cigarettes
Question 2. A. humane
B. hold
C. handle
D. heir
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the world that differs from the other three in
the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. effort
B. cancer
C. deafness
D. effect
Question 4. A. economy
B. decoration
C. universal
D. expectation
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 5. I don’t think Jill would be a good teacher. She’s got little patience, ______________?
A. hasn’t she
B. does she
C. doesn’t she
D. has she
Question 6. If she _____________ a car, she would go out in the evening.
A. have
B. has

C. has had
D. had
Question 7. Justin is writing a book about his adventure in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he
_____.
A. finished
B. has finished
C. will finish
D. is finishing
Question 8. They didn’t reach any agreement ____________ their frank and open talks.
A. because of
B. although
C. since
D. in spite of
Question 9. This survey is to find out of the young people’s attitudes __________ love.
A. towards
B. into
C. above
D. beneath
Question 10. Attendance is mandatory for the staff meeting ____________ for next Tuesday in the council hall.
A. has been scheduled B. schedule
C. will schedule
D. scheduled
Question 11. _______________, I will show her around my city.
A. When she will come here
B. She coming here
C. When she comes here
D. When she came here
Question 12. Jane would never forget ____________ first prize in such a prestigious competition.
A. to be awarded
B. being awarded

C. to have awarded
D. having awarded
Question 13. Philip dressed in strange clothes and wore a mask on his face for a party. He was completely
____________. No one knew who he was.
A. unrecognizing
B. unrecognizable
C. recognizable
D. recognizing
Question 14. The government ____________ major changes to the education system recently.
A. declared
B. announced
C. warned
D. expressed
Question 15. You can _____________ what is happening on the other side of the world by telephone.
A. see
B. hear
C. make
D. learn
Question 16. I found it very stressful living in the centre of town, so I was pleased when we moved to a quiet
residential area in the ______________.
A. edge
B. outskirts
C. suburbs
D. estate
Question 17. It is our ______ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.
A. continuous
B. consistent
C. considerate
D. continual
Question 18. If you want to join this club, you must ____________ this application form.

A. make up
B. write down
C. do up
D. fill in
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19. The man remained motionless on the grass when the dogs approached him. He was too frightened.
A. dead
B. asleep
C. unconscious
D. still
Question 20. I unexpectedly met a very old friend yesterday. In fact, we hadn’t seen each other for several
years.
A. ran over
B. ran into
C. looked for
D. looked into


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21. It was quite a rocky relationship as we used to argue with each other all the time and we
sometimes went days without speaking to each other.
A. better
B. stable
C. unsteady
D. appalling
Question 22. I need to catch up on world events. I haven't seen the news in ages.
A. become outdated
B. go ahead with

C. catch sight of
D. watch the news
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the
following exchanges.
Question 23. Jim is talking to Jack about reading kinds of books.
- Jim: “Do you read novels or detective stories?”
- Jack: “______________”
A. No, I don’t have any.
B. Yes, novels or detective stories.
C. I enjoy detective stories a lot more.
D. Why novels? No more of them.
Question 24. Jane asks Hoa about her new roommate.
- Jane: “______”
- Hoa: “He’s very outgoing.”
A. Are you and your new roommate alike?
B. What does your new roommate like?
C. What’s your new roommate like?
D. What does your new roommate look like?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.
(25) _____________ you first arrive in a foreign country, your initial reaction is often completely positive.
Everything seems exciting, different and fascinating. It’s an adventure. If you’re just on a short holiday, you’ll
probably never leave this phase, but if you stay longer, your attitude towards your (36) _____________
environment can start to change.
As soon as you start to realize how little you understand the new culture, life can get frustrating. People
misunderstand (27) _____________ you’re trying to say, or they may even laugh at you for saying something
incorrectly. Even simple things, like posting a letter, can seem impossibly difficult, and you are likely to
(28) ___________ by getting angry or upset when things go wrong.
With time, however, you start to adjust to become more comfortable with the differences and better able to
handle frustrating and embarrassing (29) ______________. Your sense of humour reappears. Finally, you reach

the stage of feeling able to be enthusiastic about the culture once again, enjoy living in it, and maybe even
prefer certain aspects of the culture to your own.
Question 25.
Question 26.
Question 27.
Question 28.
Question 29.

A. When
A. new
A. what
A. overreact
A. locations

B. However
B. natural
B. how
B. overflow
B. conditions

C. Despite
C. original
C. which
C. overcome
C. situations

D. Although
D. old
D. where
D. outdo

D. circumstances

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 30 to 34.
Many people believe the glare from snow causes snow-blindness. Yet, dark glasses or not, they find
themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness, when exposed to several
hours of "snow light".
The United States Army has now determined that the glare from snow does not cause snow-blindness in
troops in a snow-covered country. Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of
a snow-covered area. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search
of something to look at. Finding nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become
sore and the eye muscles ache. Nature balances this annoyance by producing more and more liquid which
covers the eyeballs. The liquid covers the eyeballs in increasing quantity until vision blurs. And the result is
total, even though temporary, snow-blindness.


Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts ahead of a main body of
troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snowcovered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead on which they too
can focus. The men following can then see something. Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and
having found something to see, stop searching through the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their
attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost:
In this way the problem of crossing a solid white area is overcome.
Question 30. A suitable title for this passage would be ____________.
A. Soldiers Marching in the Snow
B. Snow-blindness and How to Overcome It
C. Nature's Cure for Snow-blindness
D. Snow Vision and Its Effect on Eyesight
Question 31. According to the paragraph 1, people can suffer from all of the following EXCEPT ___________.
A. headaches
B. snow-blindness

C. eye muscles ache
D. watering eyes
Question 32. The word "they" in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.
A. bushes
B. main troops
C. scouts
D. experiments
Question 33. The eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache because _____________.
A. there is nothing to focus on
B. the eyes are annoyed by blinding snow
C. tears cover the eyeballs
D. the eyes are annoyed by blinding sunlight
Question 34. The word "sore" in paragraph 2 mostly means __________.
A. hot
B. bitter
C. open
D. painful
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
Some cities are located by chance. A wagon breaks down, the driver spends some time in repairs, finds that
he is in a congenial spot, and settles down. Later another person builds a house near his, and later someone adds
an inn. Someone else starts selling farm produce there. Soon there is a little market, which grows to a town, and
later to a city.
Other places were destined by nature to become cities. London, for example, is on what is called the head of
navigation - the point where it becomes too difficult for ocean-going ships to continue upriver, and must transfer
their cargoes. As with London, the head of navigation is also the point where the river can be conveniently
bridged. In fact, the location of a bridge is often the reason for the birth of a town - as Cambridge or Weybridge
in England show. Again, a good harbour will generally lead to a city growing up about it. New York and San
Francisco began life as ports, as did Cape Town in South Africa.
Some places were created mainly for military purposes, such as Milan, and the host of English cities

finishing with -cester, which is derived from castra which means camp in Latin. Chester itself, created to guard
the Welsh border, is a very good example. Other such military bases are Manchester, Doncaster, and of course,
Newcastle.
A few cities are not created by accident, but by intention. This was the case with Milton Keynes in England,
but the most famous examples of such cities are capitals. Brasilia, Canberra and Washington are capitals created
in modern times, but even their greatest admirers will admit that they lack a certain character. It is no coincidence that there are famous pop songs about New York, ("New York, New York") Chicago ("My kind of
Town") San Francisco ("Going to San Francisco") and many other US cities, but none about the nation's capital.
On the other hand any Londoner can give you at least three songs about the place.
Question 35. This reading passage is mainly about ______________.
A. famous cities and urban life
B. why some city sites are chosen
C. why capital cities are created
D. places where cities might begin
Question 36. The word “congenial” in the first paragraph probably means _______________.
A. noisy
B. related
C. pleasing
D. favourable
Question 37. According to the passage, London owes its origin to ______________.
A. a river
B. a countryside ship C. an army camp
D. a bridge
Question 38. The passage suggests that a large harbour ______________.
A. is important for import/export
B. is a place where wars start
C. is always located in capital cities
D. may lead to the development of a big city


Question 39. The passage suggests that English cities of military origin ______________.

A. can be found from their names
B. can be found from their locations
C. are more common than other cities
D. always end with -cester
Question 40. It can be inferred from the passage that the word “Chester” has ____________ roots.
A. Italian
B. Latin American
C. Latin
D. Roman
Question 41. Which of the following is NOT given as a reason for a new city?
A. Random events
B. Wars
C. Trade
D. Politics
Question 42. There are no songs about Washington because ______.
A. songwriters don't like politics
B. it is too modern
C. it is the national capital
D. the city has little character
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs corrections in
each of the following questions.
Question 43. Though its mouth is big, a crocodile can swallow small only animals.
A. its
B. a
C. can
D. small only animals
Question 44. More schools have built recently to make it convenient for children to receive education.
A. have built
B. to make
C. for

D. to receive education
Question 45. When an Arab wants to know if his camel can make a long voyage in the desert, he looks at its
hump to see how large and firm it is.
A. an Arab
B. make a long voyage C. at its hump
D. it is
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions.
Question 46. HNFC are the best football club in the V.League round seven match.
A. No football clubs are as good as HNFC in the V.League round seven match.
B. HNFC play as well as others in the V.League round seven match.
C. HNFC don’t play as well as others in the V.League round seven match.
D. Other football clubs can play as well as HNFC in the V.League round seven match.
Question 47. “Why don't you ask the Council for help?” my neighbour said.
A. My neighbour wants to know why I don't ask the Council for help.
B. My neighbour advised me to ask the Council for help.
C. My neighbour recommended asking the Council for help.
D. My neighbour told me not to ask the Council for help.
Question 48. If only you told me the truth about the theft.
A. You should have told me the truth about the theft.
B. I do wish you would tell me the truth about the theft.
C. You must have told me the truth about the theft.
D. It is necessary that you tell me the truth about the theft.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 49. If I hadn’t had so much work to do, I would have gone to the movies.
A. I never go to the movies if I had work to do.
B. Because I had to do so much work, I couldn’t go to the movies.
C. I would go to the movies when I had done so much work.
D. A lot of work couldn’t prevent me from going to the movies.

Question 50. It isn’t just that the level of education of this school is high. It’s that it’s also been consistent for
years.
A. Not only are the standard of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the
years.
B. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level.
C. The standard of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from
year to year.


D. It isn’t fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years
now.


ĐÁP ÁN
1. A
11. C
21. B
31. C
41. D

2. D
12. B
22. A
32. C
42. D

3. D
13. B
23. C
33. A

43. D

4. A
14. B
24. C
34. D
44. A

5. D
15. D
25. A
35. B
45. B

6. D
16. C
26. A
36. D
46. A

7. B
17. B
27. A
37. A
47. B

8. D
18. D
28. A
38. D

48. A

9. A
19. D
29. C
39. A
49. B

10.D
20. B
30. B
40. C
50. A

Câu 1: Đáp án A /siz/. Các đáp án còn lại là /s/
Câu 2: Đáp án D /eə/. Các đáp án còn lại là /h/
Câu 3: Đáp án là D
Nhấn âm 2. còn lại nhấn âm 1
Câu 4: Đáp án A
Nhấn âm 2. Theo luật 3 âm tiết trở lên. Nhấn trước -sion, -tion, -ic, lùi 3 âm với -y, -ate, -al
Câu 5: Đáp án D
Câu hỏi đi thì hiện tại hoàn thành: S + has(not) + V-ed/V3, has(not) + S ?
Câu 6: Đáp án D
Câu điều kiện loại 2, diễn tả một hành động khơng có thật ở hiện tại.
Cấu trúc: If + mệnh đề quá khứ đơn, S + could/would … + V + …
Câu 7: Đáp án B
Thì hiện tại hồn thành
Câu 8: Đáp án D
Câu 9: Đáp án A
Attitude towards sth: thái độ về cái gì

Câu 10: Đáp án D
Tỉnh lược mệnh đề quan hệ
Câu 11: Đáp án C
Câu 12: Đáp án B
Danh động từ: forget + Ving: quên đã làm gì
forget + to V: quên làm gì
Một hành động đã xảy ra nên dùng Ving. Thêm nữa, ở đây là dạng bị động (Jane được trao thưởng) nên đáp án
là B
Câu 13: Đáp án B
Unrecognizable: không thể nhận ra được. Bởi Philip ăn mặc lạ và đeo mặt nạ đến bữa tiệc.
Câu 14: Đáp án B
- declare: tuyên bố
- warn: cảnh báo
Announce sth to sb: thơng báo cái gì cho ai

- announce: thơng báo
- express: bày tỏ, biểu lộ

Câu 15: Đáp án B
Learn: học tập, được nghe, được thấy
Câu 16: Đáp án C
On the edge of: bờ, rìa
Suburbs: ngoại ơ

On the outskirts: vùng ngoại ơ
Estate: bất động sản

Câu 17: Đáp án B
Consistent: kiên định, phù hợp (consistent with) consistent policy: chính sách nhất quán



Câu 18: Đáp án D
- make up: trang điểm/bịa đặt/dựng chuyện/làm hịa
- writer down: viết xuống
- do up: trang trí
- fill in: điền đầy đủ thông tin
Câu 19: Đáp án D
Motion: di chuyển # Motionless: không di chuyển = still: tĩnh
Dead: đã chết
Asleep: đang ngủ
Unconscious: bất tỉnh
Câu 20: Đáp án B
Unexpectedly = bất ngờ, không mong đợi
Runinto = ngẫu nhiên gặp
Run over: xem qua, lướt qua
Look into: điều tra
Câu 21: Đáp án AB
Rocky: nhiều đá, lung lay, không vững = unsteady # stable (ổn định)
Appalling (at): choáng váng
Câu 22: Đáp án A
Catch up: theo kịp; tiên phong # become outdated: lạc hậu
Go ahead with: bắt đầu, xảy ra
Catch sight of = see
Câu 23: Đáp án C
Câu 24: Đáp án C
What he … like? Hỏi về tính cách
What do/does … look like? Hỏi về ngoại hình
Outgoing = Sociable = Friendly
Câu 25: Đáp án A
Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian: when

Câu 26: Đáp án A
Câu 27: Đáp án A
Câu 28: Đáp án A
Câu 29: Đáp án C
Câu 30: Đáp án B
Câu đầu của các đoạn: Nhiều người tin rằng ánh sáng chói từ tuyết gây ra mù tuyết; Quân đội Hoa Kỳ hiện đã
xác định rằng ánh sáng chói từ tuyết khơng gây ra mù tuyết; Các thí nghiệm đã dẫn dắt Quân đội đến một
phương pháp đơn giản để khắc phục vấn đề này.
Câu 31: Đáp án C
Doàng 2 đoạn 1 khong có đau cơ mắt
Câu 32: Đáp án C
Chủ từ của câu trước
Câu 33: Đáp án A
Dòng 4 đoạn 2: Finding nothing, hour after hour,
Câu 34: Đáp án D
Sore: painful: đau
Câu 35: Đáp án B


Câu đầu các đoạn: Một số thành phố được đặt tình cờ; Những nơi khác đã được thiên nhiên định sẵn để trở
thành thành phố; Một số nơi được tạo ra chủ yếu cho mục đích quân sự; Một vài thành phố khơng được tạo ra
một cách tình cờ, mà là do ý định.
Câu 36: Đáp án D
Congenial: thích hơp; hợp với = favorable
Câu 37: Đáp án A
Dòng 3, 4 đoạn 2
Câu 38: Đáp án D
Từ khóa: large habor: dịng 7 đoạn 2: Again, a good harbour will generally lead to a city growing up about it.
(Một lần nữa, một bến cảng tốt thường sẽ dẫn đến một thành phố lớn lên về nó.)
Câu 39: Đáp án A

Từ khóa: English cities of military origin: dòng 1,2 đoạn 3
Câu 40: Đáp án C
Từ khóa: Chester: dịng 2 đoạn 3
Câu 41: Đáp án D
Loại trừ:
A = đoạn 1

B = đoạn 3

C = đoạn 2

Câu 42. Đáp án D
Từ khóa ‘no song’ – Washington: dòng 4,5 đoạn cuối
Câu 43: Đáp án D
Trật tự từ only small…
Câu 44: Đáp án A
Bị động: have bên built
Câu 45: Đáp án B
Voyage: chỉ cuộc hành trình trên biển ⇒ journey
Câu 46: Đáp án A
So sánh nhất = so sánh không bằng
No + N + be + as + adj + as N = N + be + the + ss nhất + …
Câu 47: Đáp án B
Let’s + V (bare) = suggest + Ving: gợi ý, đề xuất
Câu 48: Đáp án C
Câu trần thuật dạng lời khuyên. Why don’t you V? = S advised sb to V
Câu 49: Đáp án B
A – Sai cấu trức câu đk loại 2: S + V (qkđ), S + would + To-inf
C, D sai về nghĩa
Câu 50: Đáp án A

Đảo ngữ của Not only + trợ động từ + S …, but S + also + V…: khơng những mà cịn